Bill leaf and spring.



F. G. MARBACH.

BILL LEAF AND SPRING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21. 1915.

,, Patented July IL 1916.

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FRANK GEORGE MARBACH, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR. TO CHAMPION REGISTER COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

BILL LEAF AND SPRING.

Application filed February 27, 1915.

To all whom it'may concern Be it known that LFRANK G. MARBAC-I-I, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bill Leaves and Springs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to account registers and more particularly to a novel construction of bill leaf.

The object of the invention is to provide a bill leaf with metallic rubbing strips thereby effecting a considerable saving in time and labor and a further object of the invention is to provide a rubbing strip of novel construction and capable of use in connection with the bill clip as a means for attaching the bill clip to the leaf.

lVith these objects in view, my invention consists broadly in providing sheet metal rubbing strips which are so constructed that they can be attached to the bill leaf by spotwelding.

The invention consists also in constructing the rubbing strips in such a manner that they provide convenient points of attachment for the bill clip spring thereby avoiding the necessity of having separate holes punched for fastening the ends of the bill spring.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, in Which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bill leaf constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail View showing the manner of connecting the bill clip spring to the bill leaf through the medium of the rubbing strip. Fig. 4 is a detail View of a slightly modified form of strip. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional perspective showing one end of one of the rubbing strips.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates a bill leaf which is made of thin sheet metal and B indicates the rubbing strips which are attached to the bill leaf for the purpose of sub-dividing the said leaf and providing rubbing or spacing strips for spacing the leaves apart. Sometimes these rubbing strips have been made of wood and have Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July llill, 1916.

Serial No. 11,093.

been attached to the bill leaves upon opposite sides by means of small brads or nails and it has been necessary to punch holes in the bill leaf for these brads or nails and it has also been necessary to drill holes in the wooden strips for receiving these brads or nails. Furthermore, it was necessary to color or blacken these rubbing strips and all of these operations consumed a considerable amount of time and labor and very frequently the wooden strip was broken either in the drilling or in the fastening operation thereby entailing a still greater loss.

With the idea therefore of saving a great deal of time and labor and at the same time provide a rubbing strip which will answer all of the purposes of a wooden strip and still add rigidity and finish to the bill leaf, I construct said rubbing strips of sheet metal, punching the same up to give them the desired cross sectional size and shape and at each end these rubbing strips are provided with integral ears B which rest flat upon the bill leaf and are quickly and easily connected thereto by spot welding. In addition to the end ears B I can provide side ears B at suitable points along the side, which side ears B are also connected to the leaf by spot-welding. By means of the ears B and B hollow sheet metal rubbing strips can be rigidly attached to the leaf at each end and at intermediate points thereof. After the spot-welding process has been finished the rough edges are smoothed off and the leaf with the strips attached thereto can be japanned and the japanning operation will completely envelop and finish the leaf and strips as one integral article. Having the ears spot-welded thereto also lends itself to another advantageous construction, namely, that of providing a convenient, simple and efficient means for attaching the end of the bill spring to the leaf.

I-Ieretofore openings have been punched in the bill leaf and through which the ends of the bill springs have been inserted and clenched, and various forms of fastening means have been devised. These, however, call for additional punching operations and thereby tend to increase the cost of the leaf as a whole.

In practice, I prefer to construct the rubbing strips B with ears B of suflicient length to permit them to be formed with an up-set or grooved portion B which extends formed of wire coiled as shown'at C andparallel to the side of the rubbing strip.

bent as shown at G the extreme end C being passed through the grooved "or upset portion 13*. I r I By means of this construction the bill springs can be attached in a much quicker and ieasier manner than heretofore thereby greatly reducing thecost of the leaf as a whole.

It will thus be seen that I provide a novel construction of bill leaf embodying as it does sheet metal rubbing strips attached thereto by spot-welding, and sheet metal rubbing strips attached by spot-welding and having integral fastening means for cooperation with the ends of the bill clip springs.

What I claim is 1. A bill leaf and the sheet metal rubbing strips each strip having integral end and Tid; ears, said ears being spot-welded to the 2. The combination with a bill leaf, of the sheet metal rubbing strips having upset or grooved side ears spot-welded to the leaf and bill clips having their end portions projected through the grooved or upset portions of the rubbing strip ears, as set forth.

FRANK GEORGE MARBACH.

Witnesses:

VVIL'LIAM J. COWIN, EDWARD BUSHNELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

